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A trade deficit is said to occur when the value of a country's imports exceed the value of its exports, that is a country is buying more goods and services than it is selling.
On the other hand a trade surplus is said to occur when the value of a country's exports exceed the value of its imports, that is a country is buying lesser goods and services than it is selling.
The imports and exports(in US thousand dollars) of five countries in the year 2007 is as given in the table.
COUNTRY
IMPORT
EXPORT
AZ
958
683
BY
1120
1210
CX
5
12
DW
568
480
EV
7622
7922
The percentage change in the import and export in 2008 over the previous year is given in the table below-
COUNTRY
IMPORT
EXPORT
AZ
-20%
10%
BY
10%
No change
CX
40%
-50%
DW
10%
10%
EV
No change
2%
Any country that moves to trade surplus from trade deficit in the next year is placed under Positive rating, while any country moving to trade deficit from trade surplus is placed under Negative rating. If there is no change, the country is placed under Neutral rating.
Based on the above information and preceding tables, select Yes if the country is given a Positive rating. Otherwise, select No.